Archive: January 21, 2007 - January 27, 2007
This Week In Offbeat Crime 1-26-2007
From pot-baking arsonist to drunken attacks on shrubbery, we proudly present This Week in OFF/beat Crime.
By Emil Steiner | January 26, 2007; 8:15 AM ET | Email a Comment
Perverted Justice: The Genarlow Wilson Story
A Georgia Tragedy Map of Georgia America's history is littered with instances when laws have been misused -- their intended purposes subverted and lives destroyed. However, no case in recent memory can compare to the tragedy of Genarlow Wilson, a promising Georgia high schooler sentenced to 10 years in prison because of an overzealous prosecutor who decided the letter of an antiquated law was more valuable than a young man's future. Wright Thompson of espn.com has written a really great in depth piece about it, but here are the broad strokes. In 2003, Wilson was a 17-year-old senior at Douglas County High with a 3.2 GPA and football skills that had caught the attention of a several Ivy League schools. He was popular among students and teachers and had been voted Homecoming King. That all changed after a New Year's Eve party during which he received oral sex from a...
By Emil Steiner | January 25, 2007; 3:59 PM ET | Comments (21)
The Yo-Yo Economics Of Women & Diets
According to a new study, British women spend up to 31 years of their adult life, or six months per year, on a diet.
By Emil Steiner | January 25, 2007; 12:20 PM ET | Comments (4)
Thursday Breakfast Bender
From a shark poaching pastor to drunk airport driving here is your morning dose of Offbeat news.
By Emil Steiner | January 25, 2007; 8:04 AM ET | Comments (1)
Italian Chicken?
Did Rocky Duck Mike Tyson? I must break you! (Jonathan Newton - The Washington Post) Who's afraid to get in the ring with Iron Mike? Okay, almost everyone on earth, but according to reports even the Italian Stallion got cold hoofs when the world's most famous ear-biter volunteered for the sixth installment of Rocky. Sylvester Stallone was quoted as saying: "I know I'm not that young, but I'm still too young to die." Instead, he chose light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver for the role of Mason Dixon.Apparently, Tyson didn't get the message though, because he kept calling Stallone, begging to fight him in the movie. The 60-year-old actor, possibly out of kindness or more likely fear of the man he called "a killer," relented, agreeing to allow him to sit in the audience during the fight scenes. Seemingly satiated, Tyson was never heard from again until shooting started when he...
By Emil Steiner | January 24, 2007; 11:03 AM ET | Comments (7)
Wednesday Breakfast Bender
From glue-chewing dogs to Lake Erie bathroom spills, here is your morning dose of Offbeat news.
By Emil Steiner | January 24, 2007; 7:54 AM ET | Comments (2)
Qantas Boots Passenger Over Anti-Bush Shirt
Has the word "terrorist" become so dangerous that airlines are more interested in stopping its appearance than finding the actual perpetrators of terror?
By Emil Steiner | January 23, 2007; 11:28 AM ET | Comments (8)
Tuesday Breakfast Bender
From doggy beer to prostitute fashion collections, here is your morning dose of Offbeat news.
By Emil Steiner | January 23, 2007; 7:57 AM ET | Email a Comment
Top 5 Political Brawls
Democracy Gone Wild Political Shoes Drop in Taiwan. (AP) On Friday, the Taiwanese Parliament dissolved into chaos after lawmaker Wang Shu-huei threw a shoe at Speaker Wang Jin-pyng. The shoe missed its intended target, instead striking the face of a lawmaker next to Jin-pyng, and soon enough Taipei's Legislature had degenerated into a Jerry Springer episode. Of course, "the boot-brawl" is only the latest in a long history of governmental throw-downs, not just in Taiwan but around the world. Legislators it seems, have been attacking each other for as long as there have been legislatures. Who could forget the stabbing of Julius Caesar on the floor of the Roman Senate? Or Congressman Preston Brooks' (D-SC) brutal canning of Sen. Sumner (R-MA) in the US Capitol? On the shoulders of those giants, I've gathered together for you Monday viewing, footage of the 5 Strangest Political Brawls in recent memory. 5) The...
By Emil Steiner | January 22, 2007; 11:29 AM ET | Comments (3)
Monday Breakfast Bender
From super-model tutors, to mailing dog poop to Congress, here is your morning dose of Offbeat news.
By Emil Steiner | January 22, 2007; 7:49 AM ET | Email a Comment
